I would like for this committee to consider that when we look at, for example, the $100 per flight fee on commercial and general aviation...

Refuges generate $150 in local economic activity for every dollar it costs to run a refuge.

Some people actually believe we are probably the best state, especially us.

This Committee has oversight of the Fish and Wildlife Service, and during these financially austere times, it seems to me to be responsible governing to stop pouring taxpayer dollars into a parking lot that will wash away with more…

Now, I also understand from your testimony that you have three alternatives, and there were actually more than three, and you have actually eliminated some of them. And you are down to three, and you are still discussing the three. Is that…

So let me just be clear about one thing, and that is that it is my understanding that as soon as you get to some kind of plan that you want adopted, don't you just publish that, and then it is a formal publication, and people are given the…

So do you know what the numbers are in each of your--just for reference, 1, 2, and 3, what the numbers are that are being kept at the beach and how many stalls are being placed offsite?

The public's input and opinion is very important to us. It is very important that we have the sustained support of the local community as well as visitors from afar, that we continue to have exceptional visitor experiences.

So bear with me because I don't really know anything about how it looks or what--I mean, I saw the map, but that is about it.

That is very important. That is extremely important. That is mainly why people come to Chincoteague, is to go to the Assateague beach.

So you are going to have to move the beach to nearer the parking stalls so that they will be--what, the proximity would be identical to where it is now?